Zach Petschek Photography Blog

As human beings we create with little remorse. “Let’s build it!” “OK”. Time erodes the dream and hacks away at intentions. Until one day our creations get abandoned and mother nature systematically reduces it to ruble. This silo was built with great things in mind. At one point someone said “We’re going to make a lot of money”. After years and years the entire structure was abandoned. Rain to rust it, wind and sand to scrape it, sun to scorch it. Human life is so quick that we do not see these processes happening before our eyes. When you slow everything down far enough there is only peace and quiet. So here sits this enormous structure. Over it’s lifetime it will collapse and break and be eaten away. To us on this full moon night it is an escape from the world in a quiet corner of the world.

It decays in the full moon.

Silo in the light of a full moon

Against the skyline

Shade from the light of a full moon

Alone in the night

Brawley Rodeo

A strange activity it is. tie a rope around the waist of a bull so that he starts to kick. Then see how long you can stay on him. That sounds like an idea hatched from alcohol induced guys sitting around a campfire. But it caught on! In fact it became so popular that we build arenas that thousands of people can sit and watch. These arenas have been built across the country. They even build them below sea level.

The Brawley rodeo stadium is 150 ft below sea level. As you walked up the stairs to the front row seating a placard in the ground marks the negative elevation. I often wonder if a day will come that this arena will actually be below the crashing  waves still marking the elevation.

I can always count on blue skies whenever I stand below sea level.

Fourth of July 2010

4th of July 2010 Slideshow from zach petschek on Vimeo.

ooohhhh aaaahhhhhh

Beer basted barbecue

What brings us here brings us closer on the 4th of July

A couple enjoying barbecue on 4th of July

2010 4th of July fireworks Spring Valley

2010 4th of July fireworks Spring Valley

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It comes only once a year and it is a benchmark in our lives to society. So it deserves a celebration right? Well Amy was no different. And since I am a complete dork I bring my camera along with me whenever I can and take photos. Here let me show you what I mean.

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Punk rock girl with an attitude.

Punk girl with attitude